tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831483658384501334Fri, 08 Jul 2011 12:57:20 +0000SponsorshipHIVBangladesh Flooding Climate Change Global Warming Floating Gardens United NationsEthiopia Emergency ReliefBurundiAIDShttp://cfhiblog.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (CFHI)Blogger122125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831483658384501334.post-1606134956645471802Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:11:00 +00002009-12-07T09:27:17.393-08:00Bangladesh Flooding Climate Change Global Warming Floating Gardens United NationsClimate change is a hot issue (no pun intended) and continually spurs debate over legitimacy vs. propaganda. One case study in defense of the former takes place in Bangladesh, a country full of rivers and deltas which make possible the practice of "floating gardens" - beds of straw and water hyacinths on which crops are grown. These gardens can provide a safe-haven for the livelihood of http://cfhiblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/bangladesh-fear-of-future-floods-due-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Todd Foley)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831483658384501334.post-3960475999018113246Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:23:00 +00002009-12-02T09:18:31.457-08:00Ethiopia Emergency ReliefLast Spring, Ethiopia was hit with severe food shortages resulting from flash flooding, clan fights and steep increases in food prices. Food transporters suspended their services because of regional security concerns, thus preventing farmers from delivering their produce to those displaced by flooding.FH Canada partnered with FH Ethiopia by raising funds in response to this emergency in Sasiga http://cfhiblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/update-on-fh-response-to-ethiopia-food.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Todd Foley)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831483658384501334.post-4500217944670497942Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:39:00 +00002009-12-01T09:14:54.608-08:00BurundiSponsorshipAIDSHIVThe theme for World AIDS Day 2009 is Universal Access and Human Rights.This day, official since 1988, aims to raise money, increase awareness, fight prejudice and improve education. According to UNAIDS estimates, there are now 33.4 million people living with HIV, including 2.1 million children. Valuable progress has been made in increasing access to HIV and AIDS services, yet greater commitment http://cfhiblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/dec-1-2009-happy-world-aids-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Todd Foley)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831483658384501334.post-8522335471499358593Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:26:00 +00002009-12-01T08:46:06.420-08:00On October 28, FH Burundi unloaded a shipment of 10,000 pairs of CROCS shoes.The shipment left the FH Canada IMED warehouse in Saskatoon late July. The contents arrived in good condition, and there was no trouble from local customs. So far, over 3,000 children in the Ruyigi province will benefit from these shoes, which help prevent the spread of disease and illness. The remaining CROCS will be http://cfhiblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/burundi-receives-crocs-shipment.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Todd Foley)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831483658384501334.post-1397887098348380991Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:20:00 +00002009-11-24T10:28:41.333-08:00On September 23, the FH Returnee Reintegration Program received an honorary visit from Pierre Nkurunziza, President of Burundi. Staff members were able to update the President on the progress of the program, and the changes that returnees are experiencing in their daily lives as a result of partnership with FH Burundi.As the number of returnees supported by FH programs has recently doubled, so http://cfhiblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/burundi-president-visits-fh-programs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Todd Foley)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831483658384501334.post-1004393768642390345Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:05:00 +00002009-11-18T10:06:46.880-08:00By Ben Hoogendoorn, President & CEO, on his recent Vision Trip to South East Asia.Ringku Rani Dey was born to a low-caste family in a remote part of Bangladesh. That in itself is enough to deny her a place in society that would give her any significant value as a person. But Ringku had more challenges than most children. She was born with a double cleft lip and a severely deformed palette. It washttp://cfhiblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/what-gives-person-value.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Todd Foley)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831483658384501334.post-2742829619723616511Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:28:00 +00002009-11-16T09:41:59.357-08:00Ben Hoogendoorn, FH Canada President & CEO, reflects on his time in Bangladesh.We visited a young fellow named Gobinda, who is part of the community development program where he has been part of the child sponsorship program. Gobinda has a special talent to see things that others miss as they go about their daily activities. He is also gifted at writing about the different challenges in his http://cfhiblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/gobindas-story.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Todd Foley)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831483658384501334.post-2493707273753464005Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:40:00 +00002009-11-10T09:02:05.060-08:00The poverty crisis is a complex, multi-layered subject. Even more so is the HIV/AIDS epidemic, which contributes to global poverty physically, emotionally and spiritually.Far too often, AIDS is only seen at the surface level - the deeper effects of the disease on human beings do not get proper attention.The following link will take you to a compelling interview by Wendy McMahan (Poverty Unlocked)http://cfhiblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/aids-unlocked-deeper-look-at-epidemic.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Todd Foley)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831483658384501334.post-5488067730305959552Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:30:00 +00002009-11-10T16:11:10.464-08:00The Philippines were hit today by Mirinae, the fourth typhoon to strike the area in one month's time. Over 90 people were killed by the latest storm, according to the National Disaster Coordinating Council. See video coverage here The hardest hit areas were the Southern Luzon and Bicol regions, the Philippines News Agency reported. More than 13,000 people were affected by the storm.The storm http://cfhiblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/philippines-hit-by-fourth-typhoon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Todd Foley)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831483658384501334.post-7095574056321373631Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:03:00 +00002009-11-09T09:04:53.533-08:00FH Canada's programs in Chhuk, Cambodia, graduated two years ago. Today, it stands not only as a self-sustainable community, but a flourishing one. When our work began there 12 years ago, there was only one small church. Today, there are 40. But that's not all. The churches are operating a Christian School with 900 students (including some orphans) and 2 dormitories. They are starting a Bible http://cfhiblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/2-years-later-and-transformation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Todd Foley)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831483658384501334.post-3738165332144172331Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:29:00 +00002009-11-02T11:33:41.041-08:00Typhoon Mirinae pummeled Manila over the weekend. FH Philippines has has reported that all FH communities and staff are OK. Their main concern right now is the former Child Development Program communities in the Laguna area that remain under water from previous recent typhoons. Relief responses will continue.Please continue to pray with us for the health and safety of the families and relief http://cfhiblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/fh-emergency-response-team-update.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carissa)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831483658384501334.post-6752130136460391758Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:35:00 +00002009-11-03T08:48:06.760-08:00What do Canadian Parliament and a hospital in Ghana have in common? An inspiring link through one of FH Canada's development programs.The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Ghana received a visit from Joe Clark, who served as Prime Minister of Canada from June 4, 1979, to March 3, 1980.Mr. Clark visited this hospital to see what was being done with a recent delivery of nearly $1 million worth of http://cfhiblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/former-prime-minister-visits-imed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Todd Foley)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831483658384501334.post-8356733553228685129Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:19:00 +00002009-10-26T09:54:40.128-07:00Listed below are photos taken by Mother Joan Clare of the Franciscan Sisters of the Poor. FH Canada has a long-time partnership with the Sisters, who run a clinic near one of our Child Development Program centres in the Philippines.The Sisters document their relief efforts in wake of recent flooding in the Philippines. For more on their organization, click here. http://cfhiblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/philippines-in-photo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Todd Foley)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831483658384501334.post-8832005257210002626Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:04:00 +00002009-10-16T09:57:29.882-07:00"Wherever women are not empowered, you see high levels of hunger," SureshBabu, a senior research fellow with the International Food Policy Research Institute, told IRIN news. This report, from the institute's 2009 Global Hunger Index (GHI), focuses on the importance of promoting gender equality so as to improve food security. "The more women are educated, the more likely they are to take http://cfhiblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/global-hunger-index-lessen-world-hunger.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Todd Foley)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831483658384501334.post-1413329424924378427Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:48:00 +00002009-10-13T16:24:07.652-07:00It was a typical sunny day in Abbotsford, BC. I took my lunch break at a nearby park, situating myself on a picnic table right by the lake. Upon finishing my sandwich, I threw the end pieces of the bread onto the ground. This attracted a couple of ducks out of the water, who came up to eat the discarded bread.I thought to myself, "How cute! Let's see what else I can do to make more ducks come http://cfhiblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/lesson-from-some-ducks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Todd Foley)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831483658384501334.post-5263430869122422086Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:54:00 +00002009-10-08T16:20:28.804-07:00On Wednesday, October 7, the United Nations made a flash appeal for over $74 million in relief dollars for the Philippines, IRIN news reported. The appeal's main focus is targeted at the country's agricultural sector, which has ranked up damage costs of nearly $209.4 million.The IRIN report states that between 25 and 33% of the requested $74 million had been pledged, according to Jacqueline http://cfhiblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/un-pleads-relief-for-philippines.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Todd Foley)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831483658384501334.post-7326192276140747092Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:45:00 +00002009-10-06T15:57:00.754-07:00Certain quotes have a way of resonating with us and making us think twice. Yet as time passes, the words lose their impact.Consider the following phrase: "One man's trash is another man's treasure."Sometimes it takes a shift of our perspective to cast new light on those words to bring back their timeless truth.In 2005, a director named Ferdinand Dimadura created a short film for the 56th Berlin http://cfhiblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/shift-of-perspective.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Todd Foley)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831483658384501334.post-486273054434116593Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:47:00 +00002009-10-05T15:23:09.919-07:00Thank you to all who have generously given towards our emergency relief efforts in the Philippines and for those who urgently prayed for the Philippines to be spared from the second "super" typhoon that was predicted to strike this weekend. Here is an update from FH Philippines Staff: "Greetings on this Saturday! This is to inform you that the super typhoon headed towards us has slowed down and http://cfhiblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/update-on-emergency-relief-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carissa)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831483658384501334.post-779014234542571716Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:04:00 +00002009-10-02T09:04:00.101-07:00"Our sincere thanks for your prayers. One of our staff, Dulce Marquez, who lives in Quezon City has shared how the flooding in their house reached the ceiling of their 2nd story home. They were not able to save anything except their lives. Several staff also experienced flooding up to waist level inside their houses. We are thanking God that the staff is all okay. Grateful too that none of our http://cfhiblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/fh-philippines-staff-update.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carissa)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831483658384501334.post-4347271803398995572Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:52:00 +00002009-10-01T12:03:13.954-07:00Less than a week after record-breaking flooding, the effected areas of the Philippines are being threatened by resulting disease, hunger, hostility and more typhoons.According to the National Disaster Reporting Council [http://ndcc.gov.ph/home/], more than 2.5 million people were affected, nearly 700,000 of whom are in 700 evacuation centres scattered around the capital; others are staying with http://cfhiblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/new-storm-approaches-philippines-update.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carissa)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831483658384501334.post-1047678009152219778Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:37:00 +00002009-09-30T14:38:07.976-07:00Yesterday a series of tsunamis triggered by a magnitude 8.3 earthquake swept across the South Pacific, killing more than 100 people in Samoa (majority of the casualties), American Samoa and on Tonga’s northern island of Niuatoputapu. Many more people have been injured and thousands left homeless.Food for the Hungry’s Emergency Response Unit is monitoring the tsunami warnings and watches still inhttp://cfhiblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/tsunamis-in-south-pacific-sweep-islands.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carissa)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831483658384501334.post-6156692854751776814Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:52:00 +00002009-09-30T10:02:23.239-07:00The third container of CROCS (10,000 pair) shoes have arrived in Burjumbura, Burundi as of Monday, September 28th. The container arrived at port on September 21st but since that day was an official Burundian holiday, the container is just now being unloaded into the FH/Burundi warehouse. The CROCS all arrived in very good condition.This third shipment of shoes was sent because of a very http://cfhiblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/third-shipment-of-crocs-arrives-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carissa)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831483658384501334.post-8333529574125510075Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:00:00 +00002009-09-28T11:01:16.569-07:00On Saturday, September 26, the Philippines were hit with unexpected severe rainfalls at levels which have not been seen in over 40 years. In only a five-hour period, Typhoon Ondoy brought in rain fall levels which would normally be seen in this region over the course of one month. According to the National Disaster Coordinating Council, at least 140 people have died.The rain strongly affected thehttp://cfhiblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/flooding-brings-havoc-to-philippines.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carissa)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831483658384501334.post-374552644468240679Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:35:00 +00002009-09-18T08:43:51.529-07:00Musema, BURUNDI- Joseph Mpawemina is a member of the coffee growers’ cooperative (CODEMU) at Musema. With 1,250 coffee trees, it is expensive and hard work to mulch the trees in the dry season. The work involves cutting bundles of grass and spreading the grass on the ground between the coffee trees to prevent the growth of weeds, preserve the moisture in the soil and eventually to form compost tohttp://cfhiblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/burundian-coffee-farmers-form.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carissa)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831483658384501334.post-3466500420140690393Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:08:00 +00002009-09-16T14:32:04.201-07:00FH Canada has been a proud member of the British Colombia Council for International Cooperation (BCCIC) since 1998. BCCIC is an organization comprised of over forty British Columbian international development organizations committed to achieving sustainable global development.On September 18, 2009, BCCIC will celebrate its 20th anniversary and will also honour several outstanding British http://cfhiblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/fh-canada-helps-recognize-outstanding.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carissa)